Wednesday, December 13, 2006
book report: The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
I am once again very late to the party. I know this book got all its critical acclaim several years ago, but I just read it fairly recently.
Susie Salmon is a 14-year-old girl walking home from school when she is lured into a cornfield by her neighbor, Mr. Harvey, who subsequently rapes and kills her. Susie narrates the rest of the book from heaven, which she finds is a lot like life but more dull. She doesn't have much to do except watch her friends and family from above.
This book is so, so sad, but so, so good. I thought perhaps all the press about it when it was new was just hype, but it really is a creative and well-written book.
by Alice Sebold
I am once again very late to the party. I know this book got all its critical acclaim several years ago, but I just read it fairly recently.
Susie Salmon is a 14-year-old girl walking home from school when she is lured into a cornfield by her neighbor, Mr. Harvey, who subsequently rapes and kills her. Susie narrates the rest of the book from heaven, which she finds is a lot like life but more dull. She doesn't have much to do except watch her friends and family from above.
This book is so, so sad, but so, so good. I thought perhaps all the press about it when it was new was just hype, but it really is a creative and well-written book.
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